Planet of Giants - DVD

The First Doctor and his crew suffer a
malfunction of the TARDIS which causes them to materialise on Earth but reduced
to only an inch tall. Can our miniscule heroes defeat a plan which could cause
the destruction of every living thing on the planet? Originally conceived
as a four-parter, but re-cut to three parts for transmission, this DVD release
features a reconstruction of the original four-part version featuring new
material recorded with the surviving cast members.

• Episode 3 & 4 Reconstruction (dur. 28’ 02 and 24’ 32”) – originally
shot as a four-parter, the final two episodes of ‘Planet of Giants’ were edited
into a single episode for transmission. Using the original scripts, newly
recorded dialogue and animation, this feature gives a flavour of how the
original four-part version might have appeared.

• Rediscovering The Urge to Live (dur. 8’ 27”) – the team behind the
reconstruction explain how it was put together. With actors Carole Ann Ford,
William Russell, John Guilor, Paul Jones and Toby Hadoke, reconstruction
director Ian Levine and DVD feature producer Ed Stradling.

• Suddenly Susan (dur. 15’ 18”) – Carole Ann Ford talks about her role as
the Doctor’s granddaughter and the first companion in the TARDIS in this
interview originally recorded for 2003’s ‘The Story of Doctor Who’.

• The Lambert Tapes – The Doctor (dur. 14’ 00”) – Doctor Who’s original
producer looks back on her time on the series, and at the character of the
Doctor in particular, in the second part of this interview recorded for ‘The
Story of Doctor Who’.